Fantasy Game: Infinite City

Chapter 546 Suspect Tracking (5)

After Frank and Liz obtained the surveillance footage from Benina, they spent a long time reviewing it. The footage showed that before visiting Oak City, Adenauer had escaped from a prison van in a small town and brutally killed the accompanying escorting police officers and all the other prisoners. For unknown reasons, he kidnapped an old police officer and a female police officer from the local town and took them to the town hospital. On the way to the town, Adenauer drove over and killed at least 30 local residents who tried to stop him, his expression unchanged. After arriving at the hospital, Adenauer continued his killing spree, for unknown reasons. The town police, who received the news, came to surround and kill him, but Adenauer also killed them all inside the hospital. Finally, Adenauer took the two held policemen hostage and entered the morgue area in the basement of the hospital. After that, there was no news about him until he arrived in Oak City. According to a rough calculation of the number of people killed by Adenauer in the surveillance video, he killed at least more than 200 people in the town. If there was no solid evidence, no one would believe that one person could commit more than 200 murders in one day.

However, what they don't know is that this is not the actual situation, at least the identity of the dead is not as shown in the video. It is a fake created by someone to cover up the real situation in the town, but for Frank, Liz and Benny, this is the current truth.

"This is beyond the realm of a serial killer. This guy is a terrorist."

"Frankie is right, Liz. I think you should just leave this matter alone and notify the military."

"I...I want to take a nap first and talk to you later. Beni, let's borrow your room."

"no problem."

After learning about Adenauer's abilities, Liz felt as if she had been hit on the back of the head with a baseball bat. The intense impact of the surveillance video made it impossible for her to think. Coupled with the long nights spent, her vision went black and her ears began to ring. Liz snatched the cold beer from Frank's hand and gulped it down in one gulp. She staggered to her feet, walked into one of the bedrooms, and collapsed there, unconscious.

Frank was also quite shocked, but he was a bit more mentally stable. He simply slapped himself a few times to calm himself down. This was all thanks to a suicidal act that Beni had committed a few years ago. Back then, Beni wasn't a singer, just a lazy, second-generation rich kid. His curiosity, coupled with his gangster background, made him incredibly bold. Add to that the fact that a superhero TV series was incredibly popular at the time, and Beni, for some reason, decided to go all out and become a superhero. He figured if he was going to have fun, he had to go big. So, armed with a few guns and a trunk full of bullets, he headed to a notorious cult's territory. Frank wasn't stupid, though; he told Frank about it. But Frank was also a bit of a naiveté, and since Beni's phone call didn't explain what he was going to do, Frank went alone as well. He assumed Beni was just going to beat up a pickpocket or teach a poacher a lesson.

There was one thing Frank had never told anyone, not even Liz: Frank had actually lived near Beni's house as a child, so they'd known each other since childhood. Rushing to save him, Frank witnessed a truly traumatic crime scene. Frank's reaction was similar to Liz's, but seeing Beni nearly being thrown into a sawmill, Frank braved it, vomiting, and tumbling into the throes. Fortunately, Beni had plenty of men, and the cult, due to its ridiculous teachings, forbade the use of firearms. This gave Frank an opportunity to save Beni. The two of them managed to break several gun barrels before escaping the cult's territory. Evading the cult, the two hapless men spent four days running through the mountains before reaching the road. From then on, Frank became a hero in Beni's heart. Under Frank's influence, Beni gradually severed his ties with the dark side of his family. This traumatic experience also dealt a heavy blow to Beni, and he never again entertained the idea of ​​being a hero. He has achieved what he has today by devoting himself to music.

"Frankie, if this guy had been there..."

"Maybe the three of us can wipe out that evil cult. He's much more professional than us."

"Although I brought a lot of guys with me, we were in a very dire situation. Even though we broke a few gun barrels, we only killed about 20 people. The guy named Adenauer in the surveillance video was very accurate with his gun. If those were the weapons he used at the time..."

"He can kill as many people as he has bullets, or at least about the same."

"Is this guy really a human? Why do I feel like he's a killing machine made in some laboratory?"

"You should watch less TV, Beni... But this guy doesn't give me the impression of being an ordinary person. But why would he appear here? What is his relationship with Fabron?"

Frank was puzzled as to why Adenauer killed the murderer of Fabron. After Adenauer entered Oak City, he arrived at the hotel shortly after Fabron's death, and quickly found the real murderer of Fabron and killed them. If it were not for Frank and Liz's investigation, their bodies would most likely not be discovered until the next time the hotel observation deck opened, which would be at least a few months later.

There was another point Frank couldn't fathom: how did Adenauer know how Fabron died? He wasn't Superman, and without the necessary diagnostic tools, he couldn't possibly know that Fabron had been poisoned. Without knowing the exact cause of death, how could he have deduced the true killer? Adenauer had killed eight people in the hotel, except for Fabron, who was poisoned. This clearly indicated his goal: to eliminate those eight. Otherwise, many more people would have died in the hotel. With the help of the police and Benny, Frank had a complete understanding of Adenauer's connections. At least from what he could find, he had virtually no social connections. He wasn't part of any organization or military, so he couldn't have known any Norwegians. The only reason they were killed was related to Fabron's death.

Frank had a headache because his thinking was fruitless and he kept hitting a dead end. He put out his cigarette, leaned back on the sofa, and planned to take a break. Perhaps after enough rest, his mind would be able to think clearly and he might be able to figure out the connection.

"Don't bother with Liz, Beni. I'm going to take a nap."

"Don't worry, I can tell between the two of you...are you asleep already?"

As soon as Frank finished speaking, his snoring was heard in the room. Benny shrugged and looked at the surveillance video again, seeing the exaggerated situation.

"This is weird..."

A few hours later, noon.

"Dong dong dong! Dong dong dong!"

Liz was awakened by a knock on the door. She immediately got up from the bed, walked out of the room, and saw Frank and Benny lying on either side of the sofa in the living room, still sleeping.

Liz walked over and opened the door. Outside were Frank's two friends, the two who stayed in the alley behind the hotel and were knocked unconscious. They were soaked and anxiously explained to Liz the news from a few hours ago.

"I see. You guys go to the hospital first. I'll tell Frank right away."

"Okay, sorry Liz, we couldn't..."

"It's not your fault."

"what happened?"

"Frank, we..."

"You should go to the hospital first. Leave this to me."

"Okay, oh, by the way, Liz, when we came up here, someone from the hotel told us that there was a problem with the door in the kitchen. We're not sure if it's related to the case, but we decided to let you know anyway. Maybe it will be helpful."

"Well, I see."

Frank woke up when Liz was talking to the two men, but he didn't hear what they said. It was not until they left that Frank began to ask for details. Liz told Frank everything they had said, word for word, and also told him about the hotel kitchen. The door to the kitchen didn't lead to the outside of the hotel, so Frank didn't pay much attention to it. However, Beni, who was woken up by the conversation, provided a very crucial clue.

"The kitchen? Which door is it?"

"Which door in the back kitchen? Isn't there only one door in the back kitchen?"

"No, the lock on one of the doors was broken and it wouldn't close at all, so the kitchen staff blocked it with a freezer to prevent the rain from leaking in. I heard that because the door was already a bit damaged, they also blocked it with something on the back alley side of the hotel. That door leads to the back alley of the hotel. I went out through that door a few days ago to avoid the reporters and fans."

"What?! There's a back door in the hotel?"

"The place where the two colleagues were attacked was the alley behind the hotel!"

"go!"

During the preliminary investigation, because the door was blocked from both the back kitchen and the back alley, they believed that the hotel had no back door until Benny told them about this situation. Although this situation seemed insignificant, it actually broke the two people's cognition, because until now, they both believed that everything happened in the hotel, but if there was a door that could avoid attention and leave the hotel, then things would be different.

Frank and Liz grabbed their coats and rushed out of Benny's room, taking the elevator to the first floor. By then, the police had secured the area and cordoned off the surroundings, so there weren't many other people waiting. Arriving at the hotel kitchen, they saw the moved freezer, the door with a broken lock, and a vending machine that had been pushed open in the alley behind the door.

"Where does this place lead to?"

There was a fence around the hotel, but not in the back alley. The alley on the left led to the front of the hotel and was monitored. After checking, Liz did not find any suspicious people, but at the alley on the right, she was able to avoid the crowd in front of the hotel and directly leave the hotel and arrive at another street intersection.

Following the street entrance, there was an old street. This street was mostly filled with businesses and the like, not likely a place where people connected to the case would hang out. However, there were many alleys near the old street, and none of them connected to the surrounding businesses. However, there was one exception: the back door of a jazz bar was located in one of the alleys. Frank looked up and saw a security camera operating at the door.

Entering the bar, the two men encountered employees cleaning up. News of Fabron's death had already spread, so after identifying themselves, the staff were very cooperative, clearly indicating they were investigating the area. With a tentative attitude, the two men retrieved the surveillance footage, and indeed, they made a significant discovery. Shortly before the Norwegians were killed, they had spotted Adenauer on the surveillance footage at the back door of the bar. The internal surveillance footage showed him chatting with a bartender. After a few drinks, Adenauer, taking advantage of the crowd, slipped into a room where Frank and Liz were staying. He must have found something in the surveillance footage, and the only person who could be connected was Fabron.

"Found it! Here it is! Zoom in!"

The night before Fabrown's death, before it rained, he actually came to this jazz bar. Many people knew him, so there were many people around him. Fabrown was singing at the piano at the time, and among the crowd around him, Frank saw a familiar face, the Norwegian who was killed in the stairwell in the end.

Switching between cameras and observing frame by frame, Frank and Liz finally reconstructed the true story. The reason for Fabron's murder was, as Adenauer had said, a trivial matter. It was the Norwegian who had been murdered in the stairwell who had taken advantage of a young female singer at the bar and had spiked her drink. This was noticed by Fabron, who deliberately knocked over her glass as she picked it up and immediately explained the situation. Fabron's character was well known, and naturally, those around him trusted him very much. Someone wanted to call the police, but the Norwegian, who was not a clean man himself, immediately kicked the bar security guards who surrounded him and ran away. Through the surveillance outside the bar, it can be seen that the Norwegian followed Fabron, who was not with his bodyguards and agent, and followed him back to the hotel. For some unknown reason, they were staying in the same hotel. The Norwegians did not know Fabron, so they did not know the consequences of Fabron's death. For members of a criminal organization, they may kill to vent their anger because of even the smallest thing, so when Adenauer killed him, he said it was because of such a small matter.

"Just because Fabron stopped this guy from drugging someone's drink, he killed him??!"

"We're not 100% sure yet... Wait, the medical examiner is calling. Hello, this is Liz."

The medical examiner called. After the bodies were brought back yesterday, they found a dozen vials on them. The test results confirmed that the substance that killed Fabron was the same substance found in those vials. The evidence was now irrefutable, with 100% certainty that Fabron was poisoned by these Norwegians. Now that the cause of death and the murder weapon were confirmed, the killer's identity and motive were also clear. Fabron was killed simply for being a good guy.

Although Frank was furious, the Fabron case was considered solved. Liz also told her father, Lugosi, about this matter. She made it clear that she and Frank would not intervene in this case, leaving him to figure out how to deal with the public opinion. As long as the case was solved, the public opinion problem would be easy to solve, and Lugosi agreed with Liz's statement.

But now, Frank and Liz have another case to investigate, and compared to the case of Fabrown, this one is obviously much more difficult.

"Liz, please don't get involved from now on. If I die, please help me..."

"I don't have time to help you with those trivial matters. Besides, we are both detectives. You don't have the right to order me around. If you want to continue investigating Adenauer, then I must go too."

"But you are Lugosi's only daughter, and I..."

"Do not talk nonsense."

"but.."

"boom!"

"Uh!"

Frank felt that Adenauer was too dangerous. Whether for public or private reasons, he did not want Liz to continue to participate in the subsequent investigation, but Liz obviously did not think so. Looking at Frank who kept persuading her, Liz punched him in the crotch. Frank did not expect Liz to do this and fell to the ground.

"You...how...I...oh..."

"Okay, if you don't say anything, I'll assume you don't have any objections. Hurry and stand up. I didn't use any force."

However, having said that, Liz still helped Frank up and let him rest for a while. After he had almost recovered, she continued to discuss the next countermeasures with Frank. Frank didn't want to be hit again, so naturally he didn't mention asking Liz not to participate.